Star Wars Adventures 004 - Jango Fett vs. The Razor Eaters by Ryder Windham

Author:Ryder Windham [Windham, Ryder]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Boba was dreaming about having his own suit of Mandalorian armor when he felt a gentle prodding at his shoulder and heard his father say, “Wake up. We’re about to exit hyperspace.”

Boba rolled out of the upper bunk and returned with his father to their seats. After they belted in, Jango consulted a sensor screen, and said, “Here we go.”

Outside the cockpit’s viewport, hyperspace melted away into three-dimensional realspace, and Boba gazed for the first time at the planet Esseles. From what he could see, it looked like a warm world covered with young mountain ranges.

Jango said, “Esseles is a center for high-tech research and development. Groodo the Hutt has lived here for many years.” He pointed to a modular satellite orbiting Esseles, and noted, “That’s Groodo’s starship yard.”

Both Jango and Boba immediately noticed that the starship yard had the unusual feature of a mammoth enclosed hangar. The practicality of orbital yards was that they allowed for the construction of large starships in zero gravity. Since enclosed hangars restricted movement around the ships during construction, their only good use was to maintain secrecy. Groodo’s hangar appeared large enough to conceal a 400-meter-long starship. Neither Jango nor Boba knew about Groodo’s ill-fated, full-size replica of the legendary Sun Runner, or that they were looking at the ship’s construction site.

“Check the tracker for Senator Rodd’s ship,” Jango ordered.

Boba consulted the sensor console, then announced, “The signal for the Sienar transport is coming from Groodo’s starship yard.”

As Jango guided Slave I toward the satellite, there was an electronic crackle from his comm as a transmission came through. Via the comm, a flight-control droid said, “Groodo Manufacturing to unidentified vessel. You are not cleared for docking. State your business with Groodo Manufacturing, or we will lock a tractor beam on your vessel.”

Jango responded to the droid by firing a concussion missile at the starship yard’s sensor array. A split second later, the missile detonated, and the sensor array was gone. Boba recoiled slightly at the sight of the explosion, and Jango explained, “Now they can’t use their comms or get a lock on us.”

Moving swiftly, Jango docked Slave I in an open hangar that was built into the side of the orbital yard. As soon as the landing gear was in place, he climbed out of his seat and said, “Stay here.”

Boba said, “Yes, Dad.”

Jango pulled on his helmet, quickly checked his weapons, then exited his ship and stepped onto the hangar deck. Passing through an open hatch, he entered the mammoth enclosed hangar. The presence of empty cargo containers and customized building apparatus indicated that a very large starship had recently been constructed on the site, but that ship was gone. However, a vessel did occupy the hangar: Senator Rodd’s Sienar transport.

Two spindly, biped droids, armed with common blasters, approached Jango from a control room. One droid was the flight-control unit and the other was an old-fashioned security droid.

“Your presence is unauthorized,” said the security droid. “You will leave at once.” Both droids raised their weapons, aiming their blaster barrels at Jango’s torso.

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